Guaraea gutti
Plant · Meliaceae
The remedy picture centers on ocular affections, particularly chemosis and pterygium, along with alternating symptoms between eyes and hearing. Petroz identified periosteal pains, intermenstrual bleeding, and characteristic sensations of constriction throughout the body. Bruised pains and sudden shocks of the whole body are also noted.
Key symptoms
- Chemosis and pterygium of the eye
- Sensation as if brain were falling forward; as from a blow on head with numbness
- Eye symptoms alternate with diminished hearing
- Flow of blood between menses
- Pains in periosteum; bone pains worse at night
- Sudden shocks of the whole body
- Sensations of constriction common throughout
- Liver-spots on skin with eruption of burning vesicles
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse from acids
- Worse from cold water
- Bone pains worse at night
Better (amelioration)
- Better from hot drinks
- Better from wrapping warmly
Guarea trichilioides. Red-wood. Ball-wood. N. O. Meliaceæ. Tincture and trituration of bark.
Clinical
Apoplexy. Asthma millari. Bones, affections of. Chemosis. Dysphagia. Eyes, affections of. Hernia. Intermittent fever. Liver-spots. Lupus. Pterygium. Ptosis. Tongue, affections of. Tonsils, swollen. Vertigo. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
Petroz is the authority for this drug, which produces a number of symptoms in the eyes, and cases of chemosis and pterygium have been reported cured with it. R. K. Ghosh (H. R., viii. 459) cured a number of cases of both. He found a lotion of Guarea Ø (gtt i. to one drachm) of great assistance. In the head there is a sensation as if the brain were falling forward; and a sensation as of a blow on the head leaving numbness and diminished thinking power. The eye symptoms alternate with diminished hearing. A number of symptoms were experienced in the umbilicus and inguinal rings. Flow of blood between menses. Pains in periosteum. On the skin there were liver-spots, and an …
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